Bettina — #15334 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Bettina

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,471 babies named Bettina between 1903 and 2024, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bettina currently holds the #15334 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 192 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bettina performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,640 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Bettina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 830 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Bettina in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bettina in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 6,471 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.